Ath. Bilbao vs SevillaPrediction, probable lineups, recent form & season stats

Athletic Club open their home schedule without a league fixture behind them. Their recent work brought two away defeats against European opposition, 0-1 at Atalanta and 1-3 at Marseille, after back-to-back 3-0 wins on the road at Burgos and Racing Santander and a 2-2 with Eibar. Sevilla already have 3 points, earned with a 2-1 home win over Rayo Vallecano. Before that they lost 1-2 at Bayer Leverkusen and won at Utrecht, at NEC Nijmegen and at home against Ceuta. The head to head is tight: last January Sevilla won 2-1 on their own ground, while a year ago in Bilbao the hosts came through 3-2. Further back Athletic Club won 1-0 away, then drew 1-1 and won 2-0 at home. Spanish top-flight fixtures have produced 3.00 goals per game so far. The prediction may change in the hours before kick-off. Confirmed line-ups, late injuries, suspensions, rotation ahead of other fixtures and the state of the pitch and the weather can all alter the picture described above. In those cases the selection may be reviewed and updated within 12 to 24 hours of the match: this happens rarely, but when it does, the version published on this page is always the current one. The data and assessments here are provided for information and statistical purposes.